- Date Of Birth: June 29, 1935
- Date Of Death: December 23, 2017
- State: Pennsylvania
Richard E. Samsel, 82, of Perkasie, died Sat. Dec. 23 in Phoebe Richland Health Care Center. He was the loving husband of Deborah (Hance) Samsel for the past 58 years. Born in Quakertown, he was the son of the late Ernest M. and Helen (Keshanech) Samsel. He graduated from Quakertown High School, Class of 1953 and served in the PA Army National Guard, Headquarters Co., Sellersville. Dick drove truck for many years for numerous companies including the former Landis Meat Co., Quakertown, former Valley Explosives, Allentown, and Former Atlas Overhead Door Co., Quakertown. A lifetime railroad enthusiast, he was a member of the local Anthracite Railway Historical Society, the National Railway Historical Society, and was instrumental in the early phases of restoring the former Quakertown train station with the Quakertown Train Station Historical Society. He was a member of Quakertown Lodge #512 F.&A.M., the Lehigh Consistory, and the Rajah Temple, Reading. Surviving with his wife, son Jeffrey M., wife Kim of Nazareth and grandsons Daimler, Owen, & Thomas.
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135 W.
DEC 29.
135 W. Pumping Station Road
Quakertown, PA 18951
